Michael Nyman Biography

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944, Stratford, London) is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many movie scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, Facing Goya, Dada, Love Counts, and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, and he has written six concerti, four string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band, with and without whom he tours as a performing pianist. Nyman has stated his preference for writing opera to other sorts of music.MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada [1] Biography Michael Nyman was born to a working class, secular, Jewish family in East London who made their living assembling furs. He was raised in Chingford, North East London, and

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Michael Nyman Lyrics

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Mozart 252
Released: 2008
Discs: 1
Tracks: 11


1.In Re Don Giovanni Lyrics (2:37)
2.Revisiting the Don Lyrics (4:24)
3.Trysting Fields Lyrics (7:16)
4.Not Knowing the Ropes [otherwise known as 2M6] Lyrics (1:45)
5.Wedding Tango Lyrics (4:46)
6.Wheelbarrow Walk Lyrics (2:35)
7.Fish Beach Lyrics (2:51)
8.Knowing the Ropes Lyrics (6:33)
9.O my Dear Papa Lyrics (5:27)
10.I am an Unusual Thing Lyrics (6:21)
11.Profit and Loss Lyrics (5:47)
Nyman/Greenaway Revisited
Released: 2005
Discs: 1
Tracks: 13


1.An Eye for Optical Theory Lyrics (4:28)
2.Queen of the Night Lyrics (6:55)
3.Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds Lyrics (5:0)
4.Car Crash Lyrics (3:39)
5.Time Lapse Lyrics (4:15)
6.Vermeer's Wife Lyrics (2:59)
7.Trysting Fields/Sheep & Tides Lyrics (7:16)
8.Wheelbarrow Walk Lyrics (2:36)
9.Fish Beach Lyrics (2:52)
10.Memorial Lyrics (11:21)
11.Come Unto These Yellow Sands Lyrics (3:12)
12.Prospero's Curse Lyrics (2:39)
13.Miranda Lyrics (4:11)
The Zoo Duet: Music for Two Pianos
Released: 2004
Discs: 1
Tracks: 9


1.Taking a Line for a Second Walk A Lyrics (11:52)
2.Taking a Line for a Second Walk B Lyrics (5:45)
3.Taking a Line for a Second Walk C Lyrics (5:33)
4.Lady in the Red Hat Lyrics (5:29)
5.Water Dances I Lyrics (4:3)
6.Water Dances II Lyrics (5:16)
7.Water Dances III Lyrics (5:49)
8.Water Dances IV Lyrics (5:15)
9.Water Dances V Lyrics (7:33)
Double Concerto for Saxophone & Cello / Harpsichord Concerto / Trombone Concerto (feat. conductor: Michael Nyman)
Released: 1997
Discs: 1
Tracks: 20


1.Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: I. Lyrics (4:37)
2.Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: II. Lyrics (5:15)
3.Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: III. Lyrics (3:32)
4.Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: IV. Lyrics (8:49)
5.Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: V. Lyrics (4:54)
6.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: I. Lyrics (4:22)
7.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: II. Lyrics (2:35)
8.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: III. Lyrics (4:48)
9.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: IV. Lyrics (1:34)
10.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: V. Lyrics (2:6)
11.Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: VI. Lyrics (6:11)
12.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: I. Lyrics (2:21)
13.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: II. Lyrics (2:4)
14.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: III. Lyrics (3:5)
15.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: IV. Lyrics (2:16)
16.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: V. Lyrics (1:51)
17.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VI. Lyrics (1:26)
18.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VII. Lyrics (0:56)
19.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VIII. Lyrics (1:34)
20.Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: IX. Lyrics (6:16)
Nyman
Released: 1996
Discs: 1
Tracks: 11


1.The Piano Concerto: On the Fiddle Lyrics (0:0)
2.The Piano Concerto: On the Fiddle Lyrics (0:0)
3.The Piano Concerto: On the Fiddle Lyrics (0:0)
4.The Piano Concerto: On the Fiddle Lyrics (0:0)
5.The Piano Concerto: Full Fathom Five Lyrics (0:0)
6.The Piano Concerto: Angelfish Decay Lyrics (0:0)
7.The Piano Concerto: Miserere Paraphrase Lyrics (0:0)
8.Prospero's Books: Prospero's Magic Lyrics (0:0)
9.Prospero's Books: Prospero's Curse Lyrics (0:0)
10.Prospero's Books: Cornfield Lyrics (0:0)
11.Prospero's Books: Miranda Lyrics (0:0)
After Extra Time
Released: 1996
Discs: 1
Tracks: 26


1.After Extra Time I Lyrics (3:47)
2.After Extra Time II Lyrics (1:34)
3.After Extra Time III Lyrics (1:16)
4.After Extra Time IV Lyrics (0:39)
5.After Extra Time V Lyrics (1:1)
6.After Extra Time VI Lyrics (1:2)
7.After Extra Time VII Lyrics (1:1)
8.After Extra Time VIII Lyrics (1:33)
9.After Extra Time IX Lyrics (0:53)
10.After Extra Time X Lyrics (3:4)
11.After Extra Time XI Lyrics (1:53)
12.After Extra Time XII Lyrics (1:59)
13.After Extra Time XIII Lyrics (3:11)
14.After Extra Time XIV Lyrics (2:45)
15.After Extra Time XV Lyrics (1:48)
16.After Extra Time XVI Lyrics (1:46)
17.The Final Score I Lyrics (2:42)
18.The Final Score II Lyrics (3:29)
19.The Final Score III Lyrics (3:12)
20.The Final Score IV Lyrics (1:19)
21.The Final Score V Lyrics (2:42)
22.The Final Score VI Lyrics (1:41)
23.The Final Score VII Lyrics (1:31)
24.The Final Score VIII Lyrics (3:50)
25.The Final Score IX Lyrics (2:51)
26.Memorial (remix) Lyrics (11:21)
The Piano Concerto / MGV
Released: 1994
Discs: 1
Tracks: 9


1.The Piano Concerto: The Beach Lyrics (11:48)
2.The Piano Concerto: The Woods Lyrics (6:25)
3.The Piano Concerto: The Hut Lyrics (9:6)
4.The Piano Concerto: The Release Lyrics (5:13)
5.MGV: 1st Region Lyrics (4:55)
6.MGV: 2nd Region Lyrics (4:6)
7.MGV: 3rd Region Lyrics (8:17)
8.MGV: 4th Region Lyrics (3:48)
9.MGV: 5th Region Lyrics (5:17)
Michael Nyman Live
Released: 1994
Discs: 1
Tracks: 16


1.In Re Don Giovanni Lyrics (3:1)
2.Bird List Lyrics (4:26)
3.Draughtsman's Contract: Queen of the Night Lyrics (7:25)
4.Water Dance No. 1: Dipping Lyrics (4:55)
5.Water Dance No. 2: Stroking Lyrics (7:13)
6.The Upside-Down Violin: I. Slow Lyrics (6:58)
7.The Upside-Down Violin: II. Faster Lyrics (3:53)
8.The Upside-Down Violin: III. Faster Still Lyrics (6:30)
9.The Piano, Concert Suite: I. To the Edge of the Earth Lyrics (4:23)
10.The Piano, Concert Suite: II. The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First Lyrics (2:53)
11.The Piano, Concert Suite: III. Here to There Lyrics (3:28)
12.The Piano, Concert Suite: IV. Lost & Found Lyrics (3:3)
13.The Piano, Concert Suite: V. The Embrace Lyrics (3:6)
14.The Piano, Concert Suite: VI. All Imperfect Things Lyrics (4:21)
15.The Piano, Concert Suite: VII. Dreams of a Journey Lyrics (4:2)
16.The Piano, Concert Suite: VIII. Encore: Here Be There Lyrics (4:9)
And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices
Released: 1989
Discs: 1
Tracks: 13


1.And Do They Do: Song I Lyrics (5:5)
2.And Do They Do: Song II Lyrics (6:18)
3.And Do They Do: Song III Lyrics (4:7)
4.And Do They Do: Song IV Lyrics (5:41)
5.The Lady in the Red Hat Lyrics (3:18)
6.Swan Rot Lyrics (2:11)
7.Up For Crabs Lyrics (2:26)
8.Car Crash Lyrics (2:53)
9.Bisocosis Populi Lyrics (3:36)
10.Venus de Milo Lyrics (2:37)
11.Angelfish Decay Lyrics (2:4)
12.Vermeer's Wife Watches Prawns Lyrics (4:15)
13.Timelapse Lyrics (3:46)
Sangam
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 4


1.Three Ways of Describing Rain, I Sawan, First Rain Lyrics (9:19)
2.Three Ways of Describing Rain, II Rang, Colour of Nature Lyrics (11:41)
3.Three Ways of Describing Rain: III Dhyan: Meditation Lyrics (7:19)
4.Compiling the Colours, Samhitha Lyrics (31:6)
Time Will Pronounce
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 4


1.Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence Lyrics (14:3)
2.Time Will Pronounce Lyrics (20:39)
3.The Convertibility of the Lute Strings Lyrics (15:14)
4.For John Cage Lyrics (14:22)
The Piano Concerto
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 11


1.The Piano Concerto 1 Lyrics (11:51)
2.The Piano Concerto 2 Lyrics (6:51)
3.The Piano Concerto 3 Lyrics (8:59)
4.The Piano Concerto 4 Lyrics (4:57)
5.Full Fathom Five Lyrics (5:5)
6.Angelfish Decay Lyrics (3:5)
7.Miserere Paraphrase Lyrics (7:15)
8.Prospero's Magic Lyrics (6:10)
9.Prospero's Curse Lyrics (2:44)
10.Cornfield Lyrics (6:58)
11.Miranda Lyrics (4:3)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 21


1.Prologue: Neurology's Favourite Term Lyrics (2:45)
2.Traffic: Street Sounds Lyrics (2:28)
3.(That's Why) I'm Here Lyrics (4:38)
4.Can I Help? Lyrics (1:41)
5.And Yet...and Yet Lyrics (1:18)
6.You Can See Clearly Lyrics (2:2)
7.What Do You See Now? Lyrics (2:45)
8.Where Was This Hat? Lyrics (1:39)
9....(mistake His) Wife for a Hat? Lyrics (2:20)
10.Bösendorfer Lyrics (1:37)
11.Ich Grolle Nicht Lyrics (2:20)
12.But What of the Parietal Regions? Lyrics (2:26)
13.What's the Time? Lyrics (3:6)
14.What Is This?...it's a Square Lyrics (3:8)
15.What Is This?...six Inches in Length Lyrics (1:56)
16.Now, What Is This? Lyrics (2:1)
17.Pawn to King 4 Lyrics (2:52)
18.From Our End, High Up Here Lyrics (2:17)
19.Your Husband's a Painter, I See Lyrics (5:14)
20.Ach! Tea From China, Lovely Fragrance Lyrics (2:9)
21.I Cannot Tell You, What Is Wrong Lyrics (6:12)
Noises, Sounds, & Sweet Airs
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 20


1.If By Your Art, My Dearest Father Lyrics (4:2)
2.Alas, Poor Milan! Lyrics (3:30)
3.Be't To Fly, To Swim Lyrics (3:39)
4.This Damned Witch Sycorax Lyrics (4:37)
5.The Fringed Curtains Of Thine Eye Lyrics (4:35)
6.There's Nothing Ill Can Dwell Lyrics (2:46)
7.How Lush And Lusty The Grass Lyrics (3:12)
8.Riches, Poverty, And Use Of Service Lyrics (2:20)
9.Sometime Like Apes Lyrics (2:49)
10.Full Many A Lady I Have Eyed Lyrics (4:34)
11.'Tis A Custom In The Afternoon Lyrics (5:36)
12.I Have Made You Mad Lyrics (4:15)
13.You Do Look, My Son, In A Moved Sort Lyrics (3:40)
14.At Last I Left Them Lyrics (1:30)
15.At This Hour Lie At My Mercy Lyrics (1:48)
16.Ye Elves Lyrics (6:55)
17.Behold, Sir King Lyrics (2:4)
18.Sir, She Is Mortal Lyrics (1:42)
19.My Tricksy Spirit! Lyrics (3:3)
20.Coragio, Bully-Monster Lyrics (5:50)
La Traversee de Paris
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 17


1.L'entrée Lyrics (3:4)
2.La néf de Paris Lyrics (3:3)
3.Débarcadère Lyrics (2:29)
4.Le Labyrinthe Lyrics (3:57)
5.Le Palais Royal Lyrics (6:6)
6.Le Jardin Lyrics (3:50)
7.Le théatre d'ombres chinoises Lyrics (6:48)
8.L'émeute de la faim Lyrics (3:56)
9.Du faubourg a l'Assemblée Lyrics (2:41)
10.Ah ça ira Lyrics (3:50)
11.Passage de l'Égalite Lyrics (6:26)
12.Les murs des fédérés Rimbaud Lyrics (7:26)
13.De l'Hôtel de Ville à la Concorde Lyrics (6:12)
14.Cinéma d'actualités Lyrics (3:24)
15.Champs Elysées Lyrics (2:14)
16.Les manifestations Lyrics (2:2)
17.L'Arche de La Défense Lyrics (7:17)
The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances (Ulster Orchestra, feat. conductor: Takuo Yuasa)
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 5


1.Where the Bee Dances Lyrics (16:46)
2.Piano Concerto: The Beach Lyrics (11:24)
3.Piano Concerto: The Woods Lyrics (6:20)
4.Piano Concerto: The Hut Lyrics (8:1)
5.Piano Concerto: The Release Lyrics (4:36)
Six Celan Songs / The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 7


1.Chanson einer Dame im Schatten Lyrics (7:13)
2.Es war Erde in ihnen Lyrics (4:59)
3.Psalm Lyrics (3:44)
4.Corona Lyrics (7:10)
5.Nächtlich geschürzt Lyrics (6:49)
6.Blume Lyrics (6:12)
7.The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi Lyrics (17:45)
The Suit and the Photograph
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 13


1.String Quartet No. 4: I Lyrics (3:36)
2.String Quartet No. 4: II Lyrics (3:16)
3.String Quartet No. 4: III Lyrics (2:28)
4.String Quartet No. 4: IV Lyrics (6:19)
5.String Quartet No. 4: V Lyrics (3:2)
6.String Quartet No. 4: VI Lyrics (4:4)
7.String Quartet No. 4: VII Lyrics (4:7)
8.String Quartet No. 4: VIII Lyrics (2:24)
9.String Quartet No. 4: IX Lyrics (3:38)
10.String Quartet No. 4: X Lyrics (2:47)
11.String Quartet No. 4: XI Lyrics (3:10)
12.String Quartet No. 4: XII Lyrics (3:0)
13.3 Quartets Lyrics (14:23)
Out of The Ruins
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 1


1.Out of the Ruins Lyrics (20:41)
The Piano Sings
Released: -
Discs: 1
Tracks: 16


1.Diary of Love Lyrics (2:43)
2.If Lyrics (4:2)
3.Franklyn Lyrics (2:29)
4.The Morrow Lyrics (3:38)
5.Jack Lyrics (2:27)
6.The Heart Asks Pleasure First Lyrics (3:45)
7.Big My Secret Lyrics (2:53)
8.Debbie Lyrics (3:48)
9.The Departure Lyrics (2:31)
10.Why Lyrics (3:1)
11.Odessa Beach Lyrics (3:31)
12.Lost and Found Lyrics (2:36)
13.The Exchange Lyrics (3:7)
14.Candlefire Lyrics (3:5)
15.All Imperfect Things Lyrics (4:19)
16.Diary of Love (reprise) Lyrics (1:34)
String Quartets 1 - 3 (Balenescu Quartet)
Released: 1970
Discs: 1
Tracks: 20


1.String Quartet No. 2 I Lyrics (3:16)
2.String Quartet No. 2 II Lyrics (4:44)
3.String Quartet No. 2 III Lyrics (3:40)
4.String Quartet No. 2 IV Lyrics (2:50)
5.String Quartet No. 2 V Lyrics (4:6)
6.String Quartet No. 2 VI Lyrics (3:2)
7.String Quartet No. 3 Beginning Lyrics (10:0)
8.String Quartet No. 3 Figure D Lyrics (5:51)
9.String Quartet No. 1 I. Beginning Lyrics (2:34)
10.String Quartet No. 1 II. Figure B Lyrics (1:10)
11.String Quartet No. 1 III. Figure C Lyrics (2:20)
12.String Quartet No. 1 IV. Figure D Lyrics (2:7)
13.String Quartet No. 1 V. Figure E Lyrics (1:45)
14.String Quartet No. 1 VI. Figure F Lyrics (1:11)
15.String Quartet No. 1 VII. Figure G Lyrics (2:17)
16.String Quartet No. 1 VIII. Figure H Lyrics (2:28)
17.String Quartet No. 1 IX. Figure I Lyrics (2:27)
18.String Quartet No. 1 X. Figure J Lyrics (1:26)
19.String Quartet No. 1 XI. Figure K Lyrics (2:7)
20.String Quartet No. 1 XII. Figure L Lyrics (3:46)